Nurses Job Crafting: Correlation Between Organizational Identification and Workplace Attachment Among Nurses

Abstract

Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between nurses' job crafting, organizational identification, and work attachment.

Background: Job crafting is a proactive activity in which nurses adapt the physical, cognitive, or social aspects of their jobs to make them more meaningful. Nurses are considered fundamental healthcare stakeholders who are able to transform initiatives implemented by the healthcare organization into valuable work outcomes. Nurses' perceptions of their jobs shape the community's opinion toward an organization.

Methods: This is a descriptive correlational study. Two hundred seventy nurses were recruited from 1 governmental hospital in Egypt. Respondents completed the self-administered, printed questionnaires. Measures included job crafting, organizational identification, and work attachment questionnaires. Findings were investigated via descriptive and inferential statistics.

Results: Over half of the nurses reported a moderate level of job crafting, whereas none of the nurses reported a high level of organizational identification. More than half of the nurses reported low levels of work attachment.

Conclusion: Job crafting is significantly related to nurses' organizational identification and work attachment.